Monument record 5434/0/1 - Romano-British Gully

{1} 26 Romano-British pot sherds and 2 sherds of 450-850 Early-Middle Saxon handmade wares. The recovery of 44 sherds of Romano-British pottery suggests intensive activity at this period. Indeed, a small gully was located which produced nearly half of the assemblage (a further 18 sherds). The function of this ditch could not be ascertained from the small section excavated, but the amount of material with and above it suggests that it was more than a simple field boundary. Of great interest is the juxtaposition here of both Romano-British pottery and early/middle saxon handmade wares which might indicate continuity of settlement and again might tentatively be suggested as a pre-village nucleation focus.

<1> 2005, Report on Test Pits In and Around Whittlebury Village: June to August 2002, p.16 (checked) (Report). SNN105176.

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